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THE KENTUCKY
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eleanor smith
EMILY HARDIN
A PARTING GUEST
What delightful hosts arc they.
Life and Love!
Llngcrlngly I turn away
This late hour, yet glad enough
They have not withheld from me
Their high hospitality.
So, with face lit with delight
And all gratitude I stay
Yet to press their hands and say,
"Thanks-s- o
fine a time I Goodnight.1
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.
CALENDAR
Friday, April 17
Art Exhibit continued In the Art
Center.
Saturday, April 18
Track Meet on Stoll field.
Cadet Hop, 3 to 6 o'clock In the
Mens gymnasium.
Alpha Tau Omega formal dance
at the Phoenix hotel, 9 to 12 o'ciock,
Sigma Chi dance at the Lafayette
hotel from 9 to 12 o clock.
Eta Sigma Phi. national honorary
classical fraternity banquet at the
Phoenix hotel.
Sunday, April 19
Vespers at 4 o'clock in Memorial
hall.
Faculty club tea In the club rooms
from 5 to 7 o clock.
Friday, April 24
Law fraternity (banquet at the
Phoenix hotel.
MARRIAGE
Mr. Roderick Edgar Keeney, Ft.
Thomas, a student In the College
of Law at the university, and Miss
Lois
Hunter Adams, Smlthland,
were married at 9 o'clock Wednes
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honorary and professional women's
Journalistic fraternity entertained
Tuesday evening at the Lafayette
hotel with a Founders Day banquet
celebrating the 22nd anniversary of
the fraternity.
The decorations were vases of
spring flowers nnd lighted candles,
and a delicious menu was served.
Miss Frances Holliday, president,
presided, and the program was presented In the form of an edition of
a newspaper. Parts of the paper were presented by Misses Lois
Purcell, Ellen Mlnlhan, and Mary
Virginia Hallcy, and Miss Marguerite McLaughlin "criticized" the finished paper.
Those present were Misses Marguerite McLaughlin, Frances Holliday, Mary Virginia Halley. Edythc
Reynolds, Virginia Boyd, Margaret
Trcacy, Martha Mlnlhan, Jessie
Sim, Virginia Dougherty, Edna
Smith, Fannie Curie Woodhcad,
Virginia Nevis. Dorothy Carr, Emily Hardin, Eleanor Smith, Ellen
Mlnlhan, Lois Purcell, and Virginia
Schaffcr,
day ccnlnq; at Christ Church Cathedral. The lit. Rev. H. P Almon
Abbott, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Lexington officiated, and
only a few of the Intimate friends
of the couple were present
Miss Adams attended the university last year, when she was chosen
one of the eight most beautiful
s.
She Is a member of Chi
Omega social sorority.
Mr. Keeney Is a member of SigThe following Invitations are bema Chi fraternity.
ing sent out:
Mr. and Mrs. James William Allen
announce the marriage of their
Tea At Maxwell Place
daughter
Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. McVey
Sunnye
were informally at home at Maxto
well Place Wednesday afternoon to
Mr. John Francis Steen
the faculty and students of the
on Wednesday, April 15, 1931
university. Jonquils and other spring
Dayton, Ohio.
flowers graced the tea table and
were
the
arranged
throughout
Dean Sarah O. RlnnrilncT n.nrl
house.
Sarah B. Holmes are In Louisville
attending the K. E. A.
Eta Sigma Phi Banquet
Reverend Robert L. Badgett, forat presmerly of Dallas, Texas, and
Alumnae Luncheon
ent pastor of the Nlcholasvlllo
The Kappa Kappa Gamma alumChristian church, will be the prin- nae will meet Saturday at 12 o'clock
cipal speaker at the Eta Sigma Phi, at the Green Tree for luncheon.
honorary classical franational
ternity banquet on Saturday, April
FRATERNITY ROW
18, at the Phoenix hotel.
Although Reverend Badgett has
Dean F. Paul Anderson Is attendtraveled in Europe, Western Asia ing a committee meeting at the
and Northern Africa, his subject American Society of Heating and
will be limited to places of interest Ventilating Engineers in Chicago.
In Rome. Others taking part In
Misses Eleanor Smith and Margathe program are Dr. T. T. Jones, ret Marrs have returned from a trip
counselor; Miss Elizabeth Collins, to Louisville.
toastmlstress; Miss Helen Connell,
Miss Helene Dale was a guest at
soloist: and Miss Mary Esther the Alpha Delta Theta house,
Sheridan, pianist.
Wednesday.
Miss Elizabeth Gay spoke at the
Lexington Y. W. C. A. Tuesday eveTheta Sigma Phi
ning on "The Outstanding AmerChi chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, ican Authors In Fiction."
Miss D'Allis Chapman, Morgan-fiel- d,
is a visitor at the Alpha Gamma Delta house.
Miss Anna Irvine has gone to
Louisville to attend the K. E. A.
Miss Jennie Martin has gone to
her home in Cynthlana.
Misses Betty Matz, Eunice Jane
Denton, and Hazel Baucom have
I
MPORTED
gone to Louisville with the women's
WOVEN LEATHER.
glee club.
Miss Jean Sutherland has returned from her home in Cincinnati, where she recuperated from
a recent illness.
Miss Eleonor Swearlngen has returned to school after a recent illness.
Miss Henrietta Blackburn, LebanSandal days are here
on, spent last week-en- d
at the Chi
.
. . . and here
again
Omega house.
Misses Willie and Helen King and
are types that repre,'Mlss Marguerite Mclaughlin were
dinner guests at the Delta Delta
sent the utmost in
Delta house last night.
Miss Polly Reese is speeding a
style and value.
few days in Louisville.
Misses Sing Rogers, Jane Bland,
Gladys Wilson, and Lucille Preston
are in Louisville today to attend a
Ze'ta Tau Alpha luncheon at the
University Club.
Mrs. I. E. Yelton, Butler, Ky., is
visiting her daughter, Mary Lou
Yelton, at the Z. T. A. house.
Helen Fischer, Louisville,, has been
spending this week at the Zeta Tau
Alpha house.
Mary Catherine Crowe is spending the week-en- d
at her home in
choose from
Louisville.
"Mae Bryant and Mildred Little
are attending K. E. A. in Louisville.
ALL WHITE
in,
theme
day shoes.
srnu
AM
9
Widths
ALL BLONDE
TAN & BROWN
BLACK &
WHITE
and others
Mitchell, Baker & Smith
Incorporated
Collegiate Shoe Department
HOLLOWAY
IS
SPEAKER
Dr. J. B. Holloway, of the university, in an address delivered Saturday morning before members of
the Fayette County Teachers Association, stressed the value of extra
curricular activities in schools. Dr.
Holloway stated that student government "home room" activities and
clubs in the schools should be encouraged, because they tend to interest students' in things which will
be worthwhile in life.
A Correction
The Kernel
Regrets that incorrect phone numbers were used in
Tuesday, April
13
paper in the advertisement of
The Tavern
"Home of the College Folk"
PHONES: Ash. 9190 and Ash. 2386
KERNEL.
SEMI-WEEKL- Y
Friday, April
17, 1931
Dicker Hall Is Described At
NEW PRIVILEGE
and Unique Building PLAN SUCCEEDS
Interesting
Rv n. O. WALLACE
One of' the most Interesting and
unique places on the campus
Dicker hail. Here one nw
I
i
mnntlV fPlAX PC'
trnnVn
tnllr
twee'n classes. The atmosphere is
one of good naturcd cnmnriiuciiu
mixed with a little seriousness.
TVi
l.nlnrclnlwl IliU (it lllOfPllCrC
we might look Into the history of
Dicker hail. It Is namca m
of Joseph Dicker, superintendent or
,.,i,.orci(v from 1891
itm. of
until' his death in 1917, In the hall
hangs a full size portrait oi out. ,
as he was affectionately known. The
portrait was painted by Ferdinand
Walker, of Louisville.
Until 1920 the woodshops of the
university were located In the present Dicker hall. Here then, many
budding engineers learned the in
tricacies or pattern maKing mm
lathe-worIn 1920 the shops were
removed to another portion of
Mechanical hall and Dicker hall
began to assume Its present shape.
At first It was a cmde sort of as- cmrihltr lmll wlinrn pvnmlnatlonS Of
large classes and all the Collateral
Activities of the engineers were
carried on. The engineers carnival
holt
tic nlcn holrt lmrr until the
construction of the Men's gymnas
ium in 1924. In 1929 Memorial nan
hxKnmn nvnllnhtn for the WCCkly
assemblies of the engineers. In 1928-2- 9
the large stone fireplace and
fountain were added, as well as the
rustic tables. These tables are
worthy of mention. They are composed of slabs of wood from the
large tree that stood opposite Henry
Clay's home on the Richmond road.
The Iron legs were added in the
forge shops.
In one corner of ine nan, ii an
XchangeS
observer looks carefully, may be
discerned the picture of the graduating class of 1893 one man
James Richard Johnson. Ranging
iu uic rigiit oi mis picture are the
pictures of the graduating classes
up to 1930. In another corner may
be found the old sign "State College" which hung over the door
before the University of Kentucky
became such. In numerous glass
cases about the hall urn thn mii.
of a collection of minerals which
was aonatea uy Boyco Thompson,
a friend of Dean Anderson.
The
collection Is valued at well up In
uie nunarcas oi inousands. Of
much less Intrinsic vnltm ic mi
mounted skeleton of Frank, a pet
monkey that was wont to have the
run of the hall.
A constant contact with oil
Is maintained bv thn. nfotnrao nt tv,o
various senior and Junior class Mm
of the different classes and by the
unique mea oi naving the signatures of graduates carved on the
tops of the tables, other memories
arc brought to mind by the many
war posters on the wlls.
"Jack" Dicker, hrnthnr nf thn
former superintendent and his
has his office in one corner and Is always ready to discuss
problems or triumphs with anyone.
No account of Dicker hall would
be complete with out some mention
of the omnipresent Charley, the
Janitor, who endeavors to clean up
after hourly assemblies of some 400
boys. He has his troubles and will
tell you so.
Dicker hall Is more wldelv known
on the campus because of its mon- kevs. dotFK. and nnrrnta than tv.
cause of its true spirit. The object
or me hall is to provide a gathering place for study or discussion
and its entire spirit is well. summed up by two signs which are
very prominent, one over the fountain, "Labor Omnia Vincit," and
the other above the fireplace, "With
high companionship of books or
slippered talk of friends."
to go on ,to a medical degree at
another university.
Of all the students who have been
admitted, none has failed to do sat
Isfactory work. On the other hand,
the opinion that seemed to prevail
when the arrangement was anUniversity of Minnesota At nounced, that it was a department
lows Students to Take only for students of unusual ability,
Work in Various Depart Is incorrect Dr. Tate explained. The
student should show good ability
merits of School
and have a well reasoned course
of procedure, but need not be a
The experiment being worked out "genius" nor anything approaching
at the University of Minnesota It.
One of the men who
which grants special privileges to the first nine last fall Isentered with
an engineer
students whose educational desires who did not remain in college to
cut across established curriculum get his degree but has since been
lines and wliosoi vocational alms successful over a long period in
vary from those of tradition, is actual engineering work.
He is
working out successfully according working for his diploma. There
to an announcement In The Min- arc also several comparable cases
nesota Chats, concerning a state- of business men who have been in
ment by Dr. John T. Tate professor business and who arc coming back
of physics and chairman of the to take training of a special sort to
directing committee.
fit them for Jobs they thoroughly
The new system which was es- understand.
tablished last fall, started with nine
An unusual case is that of a girl
students under its supervision, a from nn eastern college who wishShe
number which has grown to 27 as es to become a veterinarian.
the spring quarter gets under way. also Is pursuing studies in animal
In discussing the new system, Dr. husbandry. Her vocational interests
Tate points out that there have al- are said to have arisen from the
ways been students who . couldn't fact that she is extremely fond of
take Just the subjects they wanted horses and comes of a family which
customs owned many fine animals.
because of established
"Our division serves chiefly two
which would not allow them to be
in more than one college at a time. classes," Doctor Tate stated. The
With the new provision irregular first group is made up of those
students may work for a degree who transfer from some college
provided they get the approval of where prerequisites are different
than they are here. It would involve
the committee.
One of the requirements of the too much waste time to require
student who wishes to come under them to go back and conform exthe special committee is that he actly to Minnesota routine, so they
have a definite objective, because come under the committee. The
the whole purpose of the plan is second group is made up of women
to serve those who want something with intellectual Interests and prothey can not get In existing se- fessional objectives for which no
training now exists in the univerquences of study.
sity, especially in cases where the
Typical vocations at which stu- work needed would have to be found
dents among the 27 are aiming In more than one college."
are commercial art, personnel management in stores and other estabDEAN TAYLOR TO LECTURE
lishments, a career In city planning,
professional training looking to a
Dean William S. Taylor of the
position as vocational and educa- College of Education will leave totional counselor in a university, night for Pullman, Washington,
special preparation for service as a where he will deliver a series of
Girl Scout executive and preparation lectures. He will return to Lexingdesired by a student who expects ton about the first of May.
By GERTRUDE EVANS
The Old Oaken Bucket, symbol of
irrirfirnn victories between Purdue
and Indiana University, was miss-
ing recently from Its glass case in
th Indiana University library. The
bucket disappeared over the weekend and Monday morning the
found in its nlace an elec
tric fan and a note saying, "I came
to Indiana t this semester ror tne
sole purpose of relieving you of
this bucket."
Suggestion: That might be a good
way to get the beer l:eg which has
restort sn enntentedlv in KllOXVille
for a long .une longer to us than
to the Tenmsscans
A new sort of race was held at
Ohio University. Athens, this week
when 32 collegiate flivvers partici
pated in a Tin Can Derby, oniy(one co-e- d
entered, riding as a rhe'chanic. The correct' apparel :or
the day was, for the men, mouring
suits with carnations or preferably
lilies, Derby hats, bright yellow
suts and in case of a warm day,
The
Dink and nurnle pajamas.
ladies wore hats that were large
as umbrellas in
enough to serve
'case of rain, evening dresses nign-heelshoes and rubber shoes.
APRIL SALES
BEGINNING SATURDAY
Here Are Six Bargains Typical of Hundreds Offered Each Day During This Event
Washable
go to
Hosiery
49c
the Uni
versity of Southern California, Los
Angeles.
Besides tne glorious sun
shine one hears about, frequent ap
pearances are made by movie stars,
the most recent being at an inter
fraternity dance, when Frank Fay,
popular itoadway stage corneal an
and screen player, acted as master
of ceremonies and other stars appeared as entertainers, including
Barbara Stamwyck, Ralph Graves,
and Fin Dorsay. .
Black.
The Glitter classifies girls into
Girls, who
six groups: the Come-O- n
fiuttter their eyelashes, walk with
hips, talk in low tones about
their
Love, and try to give the impression of being dlvertlngly naughty;
the Mouse Girls, small and ineffective and drab and always em
barrassed;
the
Girls, who wear Phi Beta Kappa
keys and glasses and know what
the Einstein theory is ail aoout
the Bull Girls, whose conversation
Is sprinkled generously with com
ments meant to be impressive, such
as "Great party at Castle Farm last
night," or "I was over at Centre
for the Phi Delt dance last week
end"; the Soft Girls, who are much
too easy; and the Regular Girls,
who are equally at home on the
dance floor and the tennis court,
and are not too much anything
Girls of the last type, says The
Glitter, are the ones who matter.
of
Clad only in pajamas, co-eMorningside College, Iowa, appear
at breakfast one morning. The
ed
college men waiting on the table in
the residence hail went on a striae.
Here's a novel subscription dance
held at Butler University; Each
young lady was weighed at the door
and her escort paid so much per
pound.
GROUPS TO ATTEND K. E. A.
Groups of the agriculture and
home economics departments will go
to atto Louisville this week-en- d
tend the annual convention of the
K. E. A. There will be about 40
students in each group. They will
leave Friday morning on toe 6 o'clock but. The girls of the economics department will attes4
luncheon given
tbe Keanwaiai
club Friday noon. The club is on
which vii farmed la LeukwJKt tato
week for the beneAt of those at- tending the eonvtion.
i
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Silk Grenadine
Fabric Gloves
Goucher College students have
expressed editorial amazement at
the startllnc announcement that 59
per cent of library patronage of
detective stories is Dy lacuity mem'
bers.
It must be nice to
and LASTING ONE WEEK
JUaUMUWWIUItt
Clearance of all regular
Gloves.
$1.00
Fabric
SUps-on- s,
with
stitching
fancy cuffs,
applique.
Mode,
and
Beaver, Beige, Grey,
Sizes 5J4 to 8.
Reg. $2.95
Handbags
$145
79c
CHIFFON
WEIGHT
DULL FINISH
Genuine Grenadine that
wears longer. Full fashioned, Pksot top, French
Heels. Cradle Seles. Smart Spring nhaden
Sizes 8 & to 10. You'll want at least 2 pairs
Rayon
Undies
33c
BLOOMERS!
CHEMESE!
VESTS! PANTIES!
Choice of Tapestry or
New colors!
Leather.
New shapes! New trims!
Every bar worth I2.M!
Real values!
Reg. 50c Size
KOTEX
for
29
12 TO A BOX
Oval shape. Very at
wheat. Limit 3 boxes
to a easterner.
IP ANA TOOTH PASTE
Of nen-ru- a
cloth, neatly
reinforced and tailored.
Pink, Orchid, Green, or
Peach,
Regular and
extra sices. Don't miss
seeiaf these!
$1.39
M
Printed
CHIFFONS
69
Pure Wk Mate CUf
few in Mm una leaftlu
trem 1 U S yarn,
Caoiee patterns UuU are
UUa asaeoa's
eaUee.
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